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PDUs - 25

PMI’s Talent Triangle BreakdownTechnical - 19.00Leadership - 6.00

PMI’s Certification BreakdownPMP - 25.00PMI-ACP - 6.00PMI-SP - 9.00PMI-RMP - 6.00PfMP - 6.00PMI-PBA - 6.00

Course Description: This course will present the fundamentals of the technologies to manage projects. New and innovative principles of project planning and program control will be taught using practical application scenarios. This course will begin at an introductory level and work up through the disciplines and processes used to build proper project models. The Mathis Group is excited to enter into a partnering relationship for this course with Dennis Busch, founder of Project Management Technologies, Inc.

Method of teaching: Students will learn tips, techniques and processes through webinars, which can be accessed 24/7 and completed at their own pace. Remember, though, that you must complete the course within 60 days.

Course Objectives:Objective 1: Introduction• List workshop objectives• Definemanagingprocesses• Discover where the value of planning is• Explain Return on Investment (ROI)• Evaluate the project management legacy

Objective 2: The Skills of a Project Manager• Definethetwoessentialskillsofaproject

manager• Analyze interpersonal skills• Analyze mechanical skills

Objective 3: To Plan or Not to Plan• Review the important aspects of why planning

is essential in the successful management of projects

• Identify the characteristics of problems

• Compare proactive versus reactive management• Recognize the problem resolution methodology

and its relationship to PM

Objective 4: What is a Project?• Explain characteristics of a project and how it

differsfromotherformsofendeavors• Identify the three dimensions of project

objectives• Discover the “Key Drivers” of a project• Definethe“4ProjectManagementSteps”• Compare top-down versus bottom-up planning

philosophy• Classify the right combination of factors• Examine why the typical parameters used to

measure a project are not the right parameters to manage it

self-paced online

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The Mathis Group, Inc. 1-800-224-3731 Presentations That Educate, Motivate, and Inspire www.themathisgroup.comObjective 5: Defining Project Purpose• Construct the project’s technical, cost, and

schedule objectives in the beginning• Identify the Project Management Mechanisms• Develop the project charter• Compare sources of objectives• Assemble needs assessment• Show how to measure/validate accomplishments• Defineconstraints,exclusions,andassumptions• Summarize deliverables to objectives• Discover milestones

Objective 6: Defining Project Workscope• DefineWorkscope• Identifyanddefinedetailworkeffort• Discussprinciplesof‘WorkDecomposition’• AnalyzetheWorkBreakdownStructure• Classify the organizational structures (OBS)

and the importance of integrating the work and organizational structures

Objective 7: Detail Planning• DefineBottom-upplanning• Examinehowtoproperlydefineproject

activities• Assesshowtoproperlydefineandtheuseof

project events/milestones

Objective 8: Interaction Analysis• Compare methodologies of interaction analysis• Discuss Timelining• Discuss what is project modeling: how does

it work, when should it be used, what are its limitations

• Identify model elements• Develop activities, relationships, and events• Summarize project models: series of paths,

right-to-left and left-to-right planning, relativistic tool, appropriate level of detail to base model

Objective 9: Time Analysis or CPM• Defineprojectcalendars• Review CPM • Definethebackwardpassprocess• Analyzetotalfloat• Examine events and milestones